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LinkExpander
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Link expander in Python which parses and returns the URLs and information in common link domains.
Link expander in Python which parses and returns the URLs and information in common link domains. (The currently supported links are in below)
REQUIRES PYTHON>=3.10
* These sites heavily rely on Cloudflare bypass and can be patched at any time. (Despite using UndetectedChromedriver)
First, download and install the dependencies:
py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
Then, place the script inside your project directory and import the function:
from LinkExpander import gather_links
After that, call gather_links with the URL of the linksite:
...
links_info = gather_links("URL")
username: Account usernameavatar: Account avatarlinks: A list of the scraped linkslinks list includes:domain: Domain of the linktitle: Title of the linkurl: URL of the linkThe typical returned dictionary looks like this:
{
"username" : "Some username",
"avatar" : "URL of the avatar",
"links" : [
{"title" : "Example1", "domain" : "google.com", "url" : "https://google.com"},
{"title" : "Example2", "domain" : "facebook.com", "url" : "https://facebook.com/..."}
]
}
Credits 100% to @devdagoat
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Link expander in Python which parses and returns the URLs and information in common link domains.
We found that LinkExpander demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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